00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 294                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring certain businesses to recognize postmark dates as the date of                                         
02 payment."                                                                                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 45.45 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05            Sec. 45.45.920.  Date of payment for services.  (a)  Unless otherwise required                             
06       by federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a                             
07       purchaser of services pays for the services by mail, the provider of the services may                             
08       not use a date later than the postmark date on the mailed payment as the date when the                            
09       provider considers that the payment was made.                                                                     
10            (b)  In this section,                                                                                        
11                 (1)  "provider" means a person, including a public utility, who engages                                 
12       in the business of providing services to another person for payment; in this paragraph,                           
13       "public utility" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.990;                                                           
14                 (2)  "services" includes electrical services, telephone services, and                                   

01       credit card services.                                                                                             
02    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
03 read:                                                                                                                   
04       APPLICABILITY.  AS 45.45.920, added by sec. 1 of this bill, does not apply to a                                   
05 contract for services that is entered into before the effective date of this Act if the contract                        
06 contains a provision that conflicts with AS 45.45.920.